LITTYWOOD FARM LIMITED
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Cash
£1.2m
-47.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£7.5m
-21.4% vs 2024
Employees
145
+935.7% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£581k
-8.6% lowest in 5 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,557,770 | £8,415,166 | £8,250,474 | — | £8,834,128 | £9,725,831 | +10.1% | |
| Operating profit | £1,293,062 | £704,326 | £1,785,188 | — | £641,099 | £644,416 | +0.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,127,591 | £1,290,970 | £1,702,190 | — | £635,523 | £580,637 | -8.6% | |
| Net profit | £945,640 | £1,247,065 | £1,399,988 | £1,013,375 | £577,331 | £539,568 | -6.5% | |
| Cash | £297 | £1,808,953 | £3,397,921 | £2,702,083 | £2,288,654 | £1,198,359 | -47.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,270,726 | £8,091,919 | £9,212,878 | £11,156,878 | £11,346,315 | £11,058,750 | -2.5% | |
| Net assets | £4,019,591 | £5,041,656 | £6,232,724 | £9,110,743 | £9,483,874 | £7,453,727 | -21.4% | |
| Equity | £4,019,591 | £5,041,656 | £6,232,724 | — | £9,483,874 | £7,453,727 | -21.4% | |
| Average employees | 24 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 145 | +935.7% | |
| Wages | £5,223,241 | £5,002,357 | — | — | £3,890,975 | £4,489,879 | +15.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £36,000 | £36,000 | £36,960 | £28,320 | £24,048 | £51,000 | +112.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | — | — | £80,000 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 13.5% | 8.4% | 21.6% | — | 7.3% | 6.6% | |
| Net margin | 9.9% | 14.8% | 17.0% | — | 6.5% | 5.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.6% | 8.7% | 19.4% | — | 5.7% | 5.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 59.4% | 42.5% | 38.1% | -74.2% | 25.5% | 35.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 2.53x | 4.17x | |
| Interest cover | 7.81x | 10.12x | 21.51x | — | 6.53x | 6.48x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Dyke Yaxley Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”
Significant events
- “100 Ordinary C shares were bought back by the Company on 9 October 2025. These shares were then subsequently cancelled on the same date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUSBY, George Francis | Director | 2007-03-01 | May 1949 | British |
| BUSBY, Steven William | Director | 2007-03-01 | May 1974 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUSBY, Margaret | Secretary | 2007-03-01 | 2019-10-18 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2007-03-01 | 2007-03-01 |
| BUSBY, Timothy George | Director | 2007-03-01 | 2024-10-09 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2007-03-01 | 2007-03-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Timothy George Busby | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-10-09 |
| Steven William Busby | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr George Francis Busby | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 83 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-03-10 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-11 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type small | |
| 2025-12-11 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-10-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-28 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-10-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2025-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-30 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-14 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-02-05 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.